Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony

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Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony
Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens
Protestant
LandesbischofHans-Peter Vollbach
Associations
Region14,900 km2 in Saxony
HeadquartersDresden
Congregations319
Members610,503
17.4% of total population (2020)
Official websitehttps://www.evlks.de/

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens) is one of 20 member Churches of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state of Saxony. Its headquarters are in Dresden, and the seat of the bishop (styled Bishop of Saxony)[1] is at Meissen Cathedral. Prior to the propagation of state atheism in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), it was the largest Evangelical Lutheran church in Germany.[2]

The church has 610,503 parishioners in 319 parishes (as of December 31, 2022).[3]

History

Historically, the church's organisation became an example for other

Ernestine and later Albertine Wettin rulers. Beginning in the 17th century, Pietism
also gained a significant following, especially among the working class.

In 2019, Carsten Rentzing, bishop of the church since 2015, resigned his position after controversy arose about his connections to far-right parties and groups.[4]

Bishops

Parishioners

  • 1922: 4,509,000,[5] the largest Lutheran church in Germany at that time
  • 2012: 764,000
  • 2013: 754,451[6]
  • 2015: 713,648[7]
  • 2017: 689,858[8]
  • 2018: 677,064[9]
  • 2019: 663,525[10]
  • 2020: 647,238[11]

Practices

blessing of same-sex unions were allowed.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ The Bishop's title on his/her own home page Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ISBN 3-525-61362-8
    , S. 29.
  3. ^ "Statistik: Fakten und Zahlen". Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ^ Greifenstein, Philipp (12 October 2019). "Carsten Rentzing: Warum der Bischof zurücktritt". Die Eule (in German). Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ISBN 3-525-61362-8
    .
  6. ^ The Lutheran World Federation – 2013 Membership Figures Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Lutheran World
  7. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31.12.2015 Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine EKD Januar 2017
  8. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31.12.2017 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine ekd.de
  9. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2018 Archived 2020-02-19 at the Wayback Machine EKD, January 2020
  10. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019 Archived 2020-12-07 at the Wayback Machine EKD, October 2020
  11. ^ Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland – Kirchemitgliederzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2020 Archived 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine EKD, November 2021
  12. ^ Evlks.de:„Segnung von Paaren in Eingetragener Lebenspartnerschaft“ in Sachsen möglich (German) Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, 18 October 2016

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